A new radical-based route to calothrixin B

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 561-564

  Bennasar, M Lluïsa ^a   Roca, Tomàs ^a   Ferrando, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALOTHRIXIN B; INDOLE ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLIZATION; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 33644782567     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052600e     Document Type: Article

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